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Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

ferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.

Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.

A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

A genus of leafles trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

cat, See under Angora, Blind. -- Black cat the fisher. See under Black. -- Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonius. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to…

A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The mane is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.

Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.

Rigged like a catboat.

An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.

A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise. Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison.

Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.

Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc.

The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.